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Additional Physical Format: | Ebook version : |
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Document Type: | Book |
All Authors / Contributors: |
David Marks; M Murray; Emee Vida Estacio |
ISBN: | 9781526408235 1526408236 9781526408242 1526408244 9781529713701 1529713706 |
OCLC Number: | 994907548 |
Description: | xvi, 812 pages : illustrations ; 27 cm |
Contents: | Part 1: Health psychology in the context of biology, society and methodology. -- 1. Health psychology: an introduction -- 2. The nervous, endocrine and immune systems and the principle of homeostasis -- 3. Genetics, epigenetics and early life development -- 4. Macro-social influences -- 5. Social justice -- 6. Culture and health -- 7. An A-Z of research methods and issues relevant to health psychology -- Part 2: Theories, models and interventions for health behavior change. -- 8. Theories, models and interventions -- 9. Sexual health -- 10. Food, eating and obesity -- 11. Alcohol and drinking -- 12. Tobacco and smoking -- 13. Physical activity and exercise -- Part 3: Health promotion and disease prevention. -- 14. Information, communication and health literacy -- 15. Lay representations of health and illness -- 16. Screening and immunization -- 17. Health promotion -- Part 4: Illness experience and health care. -- 18. Illness and personality -- 19. Medicine taking: adherence and resistance -- 20. Pain and pain control -- 21. Cancer -- 22. Coronary heart disease -- 23. HIV infection and AIDS: the pinnacle of stigma and victim blaming -- 24. Long-term conditions: diabetes and ME/CFS -- 25. End-of-life care, dying and death. |
Responsibility: | David F. Marks, Michael Murray, & Emee Vida Estacio. |
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An essential text for both graduate and undergraduate health psychology courses, the authors elegantly and comprehensively explore health psychology in the 21st century. The fifth edition further advances a critical perspective on health while introducing readers to emerging issues such as long-term conditions and end-of-life care. -- Christopher Godfrey Marks and colleagues' capacity to provide a global perspective, while including elements of social justice, with a consideration of the social and political determinants of health, makes this text an invaluable companion when introducing undergraduates to the field of health psychology. -- Nancy L. Worsham Read more...

